Senate committee advances Susan Monarez to be Trump’s CDC director
On Wednesday, the American Senate health committee approved that Susan Monarez was the director of President Donald Trump of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the President, which brings him a little closer to confirmation.
The committee voted 12-11 for advancing its appointment to the full Senate. The vote was along the party parties, with democrats in opposition.
Monarez, 50, is about to become the first CDC director to go through the confirmation of the Senate following a 2023 law. She was appointed acting director in January, then made a name as a candidate in March after Trump suddenly removed his first choice, David Weldon.
She holds a doctorate in microbiology and immunology of the University of Wisconsin and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Stanford. Before the CDC, Monarez was widely known for its government roles in health and biosecurity technology.
The action of the committee comes after months of unrest without leader at the head of the Federal Agency based in Atlanta responsible for monitoring diseases and responding to health threats.
The CDC has been struck by generalized personnel cuts, resignations of key officials and animated controversy on long -standing policies of the CDC vaccine by the Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Last month, Monarez told senators that she values vaccines, public health interventions and rigorous scientific evidence, but she largely dodged the questions on the question of whether these positions have contradicted him with Kennedy, a long -standing skeptic of the vaccine which criticized and sought to dismantle some of the protocols and previous decisions of the agency.
“Unfortunately, Dr. Monarrez – who was acting director of Trump’s CDC – did nothing to hinder Kennedy’s actions, said Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday, Vermont Independent.
The CDC was created almost 80 years ago to prevent the spread of malaria in the United States, its mission was then extended, and it gradually became a world leader in infectious and chronic diseases and a source of health information.
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